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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

This is a way overdue post. I went to Solo Sushi Bekkan with a good friend of mine, Ed, for his birthday around six months ago and this is the post from that dinner. Forgive me but I basically left this post in "draft mode", untouched, placed on the back burner because well, Solo Sushi Bekkanreally fell short, a pure let down to be honest. I just did not have the urge to blog about it! Not like there is an urge now but I thought it was time to get it over with. I was also getting tired of seeing it in my draft folder.

Lackluster plates, every single thing tasted and looked extremely dull. Zero effort on presentation too. Taste wise, if I had to choose, the best thing would be the soft shell crab. Served sizzling hot, the soft shell crab was fresh and meaty with a nice crispy/crunchy exterior. The rest? Here goes. The chef's special sashimi selection only had four kinds of sashimi, the takoyaki was more dough than anything else. And the signature maki? You would think that a restaurant's signature maki,Solo Sushi Bekkan's being "Sushi-Ya Maki", would be a lot more interesting than just shrimp, asparagus, lettuce and smoked salmon. I mean, come on, seriously??? Look at the signature rolls from Yuzu, Ginza or Sushi Couture...those are legit signature rolls! "The Sushi-Ya Maki" is probably the saddest signature maki I've ever seen in my whole life. Not exaggerating.

And then there was dessert. I asked our server if they had any dessert and our server apologetically said they didn't. That in itself was a bit surprising to me but whatever, I only asked because I was hopeful that maybe, just maybe, our meal would end on a high note with a kick-ass dessert or something. Anyway, the sushi chef (owner?) heard our conversation and indicated that no, no, they actually have black sesame ice cream. YES! I love black sesame ice cream! But man, this black sesame ice cream was repulsive. It was extremely hard, crumbly with freezer burn all over it! It was drenched in this gross strawberry sauce too (probably used in an effort to hide the freezer burn). I was appalled. The ice cream looked like it was stored at the back of the freezer from the beginning of time. I immediately complained to our server, telling her that the ice cream was inedible and I will not be paying for it. It was disgusting! Writing this post six months later, I still could not believe they served that ice cream to me...